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A69670	A catechism and confession of faith approved of and agreed unto by the general assembly of the patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, Christ himself being chief speaker in and among them : which containeth a true and faithful account of the principles and doctrines which are most surely believed by the churches of Christ in Great Brittain and Ireland who are reproachfully called by the name of Quakers ... : to which is added An expostulation with and appeal to all other professors / by R.B.	Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690.; Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690. An expostulation with and appeal to all professors.	1673 (1673)	Wing B725; ESTC R26677	71,924	193

Te●timonie do in the least prove their Assertion or that others that do not take things meerly upon Trust would be so foolish as to believe them For though God made known and wrote excellent things to Solomon Though Luke wrote unto Theophilus an Account of divers Transactions of Christ's Outward Abode For many were never written Joh. last vers last et 20. 30. And there are also many other things which Jesus did the which if they should be written every one I suppose that even the World it self could not contain the Books that should be written And many other Signs truly did Jesus in the Presence of his Disciples which are not written in this Book Though Christ made use of divers Scriptures against Satan and that Isaiah directed People to the Law and to the Testimony who will be so mad as to say It naturally follows from thence that God has now committed his Will wholely to Writing Such a Consequence is no more deducible from these Scriptures then if I should argue thus The Divines of Westminster have asserted many things without Ground therefore they had Ground for nothing they said Nay it follows not by far so naturally seeing after the writing of all these Passages by them cited according to their own Judgment there were divers Scriptures written so that it had been false for them to assert That G●d had then committed his Counsel wholely to W●iting which indeed was not true So it is most Irrational and Unwarrantable for any to draw such a strange and strained Consequence from their words For the Second That the former Wayes are now ceased they alledge Hebr. 1. 1 2. God who at sundry Times and in divers Manners spake in times past unto the Fathers by the Prophets hath in these last dayes spoken unto us by his Son whom he hath appointed Heir of all things by whom also he hath made the World● 2 Pet. 1. 19. We have also a More Sure Word of Prophesie whereunto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a Light that shineth in a Dark Place until the Day dawn and the Day-Star arise in your Hearts Which prove th● Matter as little as the former If Paul had intended by that to Timothy what those Divines would have Would not they have made the Apostle speak a manifest Untruth seeing they themselves acknowledg that John's Revelation was written long after so that these former Ways were not then ceased As for that of Peter it is to beg the thing in Question To say It is intended of the Scripture and though it were it proves not the Case at all That of Hebr. is so ar from asserting the Matter they would have it that it may be very aptly brought to prove the quite contrary for God indeed speaks to us now by his Son But to infer from thence That the Son speaks only to us by the Scriptures remains yet unproved A●d for the Apostle to have there asserted it had been false seeing the Revelations which he and others afterwards had were inward so such were not ceased And if we may trust the same Apostle better then these Men he tells us that so soon as Christ was revealed in him he went straight and obey'd And the same Apostle tells us that Except Christ be in us we are Reprobates sure he is not dumb in us seeing he sayes He will dwell in us and walk in us and be with us to the End of the World And John tells us that the inward Anointing is to teach us all things so that we need not as to any absolute Necessity any Man to teach us how then is this ceased seeing God speaks to us by Christ and Christ must be in us Surely these Men have not herein followed the Rule of the Scriptures but rather endeavoured most grosly to wrest them and make of them a Nose of Wax notwithstanding their Pretences as to the contrary in their 6th Sect. where they say All things necessary are either expresly set down or by good and necessary Consequences may be deduced Now that these two former Assertions are not expresly set down they will not deny whether they follow by sound Consequence any understanding Man may judge by what is above observed There are divers other things in the same Chapter which will not abide the Test for which the Scripture-Proofs are alledged by them are most ridiculous yet for Brevity's sake I have omitted In Chap. 21. Sect. 7. where they say That the Sabbath from the Resurrection of Christ was changed into the First Day of the Week which in Scripture say they is called the Lord's Day and is to be continued to the End of the World as the Christian-Sabbath In which they assert Three Things First That the First Day of the Week is come in place of the Seventh for a Sabbath To prove which they alledge 1 Cor. 16. 1 2 Now concerning the Collection for the Saints as I have given order to the Churches of Galat●● even so do ye upon the First Day of the Week Let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him that there be no Gathering when I come Acts 20. 7. And upon the First Day of the Week when the Disciples came together to break Bread Paul preached to them ready to depart on the morrow and continued his Speech until Midnight That these Proofs assert not the thing expresly we need not I suppose dispute Now to say that because Paul desired the Corinthians to lay somewhat by them in store that day or because he broak Bread and continued his Speech until Midnight therefore the First Day of the Week is come in place of the Sabbath is a Consequence more remarkable for its Sottishness then to be credited for its Soundness Indeed to make so solemn an Article of Faith as these men would have the Morality of the first day of the Week to be would need a more positive and express Authority The Text doth clearly enough tell the Reason of the Disciples meeting so frequently and of Paul's preaching so long because he was ready to depart to morrow it speaks not a word of its being Sabbath Their Second Assertion That the First Day of the Week is therefore called the Lord's Day is drawn yet more strangly from that of Rev. 1. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day and heard behind me a great Voice as of a Trumpet Whereas no particular Day of the Week is mentioned so for them to say John meaned the First Day of the Week hath no more Proof but their own bare Assertion For their Third Assertion That it is to be continued to the End of the World as the Christian-Sabbath they alledge these Scriptures Exod. 20. 8 10 11. Remember the Sabbath-Day to keep it Holy but the Seventh Day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do any Work thou nor thy Son nor thy Daughter thy Man-Servant nor thy Maid-Servant

nor thy Cattel nor thy Stranger which is within thy Gates for in Six Dayes the Lord made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the Seventh Day wherefore the Lord bless●d the Sabbath Day and hallowed it Isaiah 56. 2 4 6 7. Mat. 5. 17 18. Think not that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfil For verily I say unto you Till Heaven and Earth pass one J●t or one Tittle shall in no wise pass from the Law till all be fulfilled If they prove any thing they must needs prove the Continuance of the Seventh Day seeing in all the Law there is no mention made of the First Day of the Week being a Sabbath If these may be reckoned good and sound Consequences I know no Absurdities so great no Heresies so damnable no Superstitions so ridiculous but may be cloaked with the Authority of Scripture In their 27th Chapter in the 1 2 3. Sections they speak at large of the Definition and Nature of Sacraments but in all the Scriptures they bring there is not one word of Sacraments The Truth is there was a good Reason for this Emission for such a thing is not to be found in all the Bible For them to alledge that the thing signified is though that be also a begging of the Question will not excuse such who else-where aver the whole Counsel of God is contained in the Scripture to forsake and reject the Tenour thereof and scrape out of the Rubbish of the Romish Tradition for that which is reckoned by themselves so substantial a Part of their Faith In their 4th Section they assert two things First That there are Two only Sacraments under the Gospel Secondly That these two are Baptism and the Supper To prove which they alledge Mat. 28. 19. Go ye therefore and teach all Nations Baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost 1 Cor. 11. 20 23. When ye come together therefore into one place this is not to eat the Lord's Supper for I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you that the Lord Jesus the same Night in which he was betrayed took Bread 1 Cor. 4. 1. Let a man so account of us as of the Ministers of Christ and Stewards of the Mysteries of God Hebr. 5. 4. And no man taketh this Honour to himself but he that is called of God as was Aaron Now granting there were such a thing as Sacraments to be so solemnly performed all that these Scriptures will prove is That these two were appointed to be performed but that there are only two or that these are they which is the thing asserted and incumbent to be proved there is not the least Shadow of Proof alledged for according to their own Definition of a Sacrament in the larger Catechism where they say The Parts of a Sacrament are Two the one an outward and sensible Sign used according to Christ's own Appointment the other an inward and spiritual Grace thereby signified both the Washing of one another's Feet and the Anointing of the Sick with Oyl doth Answer to it and many other Things So that the Probation of a Sacrament at all or of their being Two Seven yea or Seventy is all alike easie seeing neither Name nor Number is to be found in the Scripture they being the meer Conceits and Inventions of men and yet it is marvellous to see with how great Confidence some men do assert the Scripture to be their Rule while they build up so considerable Parts of their Doctrine without the least Scripture-Foundation Thus I thought fit to pitch upon these three viz. the Scriptures Sabbaths and Sacraments because these be three of the main things for which we the Quakers are chiefly cry'd out against and accused as believing Erroneously concerning them Now what we believe concerning these things and how agreeable our Testimony herein is to the Scriptures is heretofore sufficiently demonstrated Also how little Scripture-Proof these have for their contrary Assertions to us in these things notwithstanding of their great Pretences to Scripture will also appear to the Vnbyassed Reader Advertisment to the Reader NOte Reader That I have here throughout made use of the Last Common Translation of the Bible And if I would have made use of the Hebrew and Greek I could have produced divers other very clear Scriptures which in the Common Translation are corrupted and perverted but I choosed rather to do thus that our Opposers might see I took no Advantage that way and also that all that can but read may find the places cited in their own Bibles THE END a Ephes. 4 6. 1 Cor. 8. 4 6. b Joh. 4. 24. c 1 Joh. 1. 5. d 1 Joh. 5. 7. e John 10 38. 14. 10 11. 5. 26. f Mat. 11 27. Luke 10. 24. g 1 Cor. 2. 10. h 1 Cor. 2 11 12. i Joh. 14. 16. k Joh. 14. 16 17. l Rom. 8. 9 14. m Heb. 8. 10 11. n 1 John 2. 27. o Rom. 15. 4. p 2 Tim. 3. 15 16 17. q 2 Pet 1. 20 21. r John 1. 1 2 3. s Mic. 5. 2. t Eph. 3. 9. u Phil. 2. 6. x Isa. 9. 6. y Col. 1. 15. z Hebr. 1. 3. a Rev. 19. 13. b Col. 2. 9 c Col. 2. 3. d Jo. 1. 14. e Hebr. 2. 16 17. f Hebr. 4. 15. g 1 Cor. 15. 3 4. h Rom. 8. 3. i 1 John 3. 8. k 1 John 3. 5. l Eph. 5. 2. m Heb. 9. 12. n Hebr. 9. 14. o Rev. 5. 8 12 13. p 1 Cor. 10. 1 2 3 4. q 1 Pet. 2. 21. r 2 Cor. 4. 10 11. s Phil. 3. 10. t Isai. 57. 15. u 2 Cor. 6. 16. x Rev. 3. 20. y 2 Corin 13. 5. z Col. 1. 27. a Joh. 3 3. b Ephes. 4. 21 22. Col. 3. 10. c 2 Cor. 5. 16. d 2. Cor. 5. 17. e Rom. 13. 14. f Ephes. 4. 23. g Gal. 3. 27. h 1 Pet. 1. 23. i Gal. 6. 14. k Gal. 6. 5. l Hebr. 2. 11. m 2 Pet. 1. 4. n Joh. 17. 21 22 23. o John 3. 16. p John 4. 9. q 1 Joh. 2. 1 2. r Heb. 2. 9. s 1 Tim. 2. 6. t 1 Tim. 2. 4. w 2 Pet. 3. 9. x John 3. 17. y John 12. 46. z Rom. 5. 18. a Coll. 1. 23. b Rom. 1. 16. c 2 Cor. 4. 3 4. d Joh. 3. 19. e Joh. 1. 9. f Ephes. 5. 11. g John 3. 20 21. h 1 Joh 1. i John 12. 36. k Heb. 4 7. l Luke 19. 42. m Mat. 23. 37. n Acts 7. 51. o Job 24 13. p Gen. 6. 3. q Rom. 1. 18. r Rom. 1. 19. s 1 Cor. 12. 7. t Tit. 2. 11 12. w Act. 20. 32. x Hebr. 4. 12. y 2 Pet. 1. 19. z Rom. 10. 8. a 2 Cor. 4. 6. b 2 Cor. 4. 7. d Heb. 11. 1 e Heb. 11. 6. f Gal. 5. 6. g Jam. 2. 22 26. h Rom. 3. 20. i Tit. 3. 5. k 1 Cor. 6. 11. l Rom. 8. 13. m Tit. 3 8 n Rom. 2. 6 7. o 2 Thes. 1. 5. p Heb. 10. 35. q Rev. 22. 14. r Rom. 6. 14. s Rom. 8. 1 2. t Rom. 6. 2 18. w Mat. 5. 48. x Mat. 11. 30. y 1 Joh. 5. 3. z Mat 19. 17. a 1 Joh. 2. 3. b 1 Joh. 2. 4. c 1 John 3. 6. d 1 John 3. 7 8 9. e Mat. 7. 21. f 1 Cor. 7. 19. g 2 Pet. 1. 10. h 1 Cor. 9. 27. l Heb. 3. 12. k Heb. 4. 11. l Heb. 6. 4. 5 6. m Joh. 15. 16. n Rev. 3. 12. o Rom. 8. 38. p 1 Tim. 3. 15. q Col. 1. 18. r Col. 2. 19. s 1 Cor. 1. 2. t Ephes. 4. 8. 11. w 1 Tim. 3. 2 3. x Tit. 1. 8 9. y Acts 20. 28. z 1 Pet. 5. 2 3. a 1 Tim. 51 17. b 1 Thes. 5. 12. c 1 Pet. 4. 10 11. d 1 Cor. 1. 17. e 1 Cor. 2. 4 5. f 1 Cor. 2. 6 7. g 1 Cor. 2. 13. h Mat. 10. 20. i 1 Cor. 9. 11. 14. 9. k 1 Cor. 9. 16 17 18. l Acts 20. 33 34. m Isa. 36. 11. n Ibidem o Ezek. 34. 8. p Mic. 35. 11. q Tit. 1. 11. r 2 Pet. 2. 15. s 2 Pet. 2. 3. t 1 Tim. 6. 5. w 1 Tim. 6. 6. x 1 Tim. 6. 8. y John 4. 23. z John 4. 24. a Psa. 145. 18. b Pro. 15. 29. c 1 Joh. 5. 14. d 1 Cor. 14 15. e Rom. 8. 26 27. f Ephes. 4. 5. g 1 Pet. 3. 21 22 h Mat. 3. 11. i Rom. 6. 3 4. k Gal. 3. 27. l 1 Corin. 11. 23 24 25. m Joh. 13● 2 4 5 12 13 14 15. n Act. 15. 28 29. o Jam. 5. 14. p Rom. 14. 17. q Col. 2. 16. r Col. 2. 20 21 22. s Gal. 4. 9 10 11. t Rom. 14. 5 6. w Mat. 5. 33 34 35 36 37. x Jam. 5. 12. y 2 Cor. 10 3 4 5. z Jam. 4. 1 2. a Mat. 5. 39. b Luk. 10. 3. c Mat. 10. 22. d 2 Tim. 3. 12. e Mat. 5. 10. f Mat. 16. 25. g Luk 12. 8 9. h Mat. 1● 28. i Rom. 13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. k 1 Pet. 2. 13 14 15. l Acts 4. 19. m Acts 5. 28 29. n Acts 24. 15. o Johu 5. 29. p 1 Corin. 14. 56. q 1 Corin. 15. 37 38 42 43 44.

that callupon him to all that call upon him in Truth He is far from the VVicked but he heareth the Prayers of the Righteous And this is the Confidence that we have in him that if we ask any thing according to his VVill he heareth us VVhat is it then We must pray with the Spirit and with the Understanding also we must sing with the Spirit and with the Understanding also Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our Infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the Spirit itself maketh Intercession for us with Greanings which cannot be uttered And he that searcheth the Heart knoweth what is the Mind of the Spirit because he maketh Intercession for the Saints according to the Will of God ARTICLE XVIII Concerning Baptism AS there is One Lord One Faith so there is One Baptism Which doth also now save us not the putting away of the Filth of the Flesh but the Answer of a Good Conscience towards God by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ For John indeed baptized with Water but Christ with the Holy Ghost and with Fire Therefore as many as are baptized into Jesus Christ are baptized into his Death and are buried with him by Baptism into Death that like as Christ was raised up from the Dead by the Glory of the Father even so they also should walk in Newness of Life Having put on Christ ARTICLE XIX Concerning Eating of Bread and Wine Washing of one anothers's Feet Abstaining from things Strangled and from Blood and Anointing of the Sick with Oyl THe Lord Jesus the same Night in which he was betrayed took Bread and when he had given Thanks he brake it and said Take eat this is my Body which is broken for you this do in Remembrance of me After the same manner also he took the Cup when he had supped saying This Cup is the New Testament in my Blood this do ye as oft as ye drink it in Remembrance of me for as oft as ye do eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye do shew forth the Lord's Death till he come Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his Hands and that he was come from God and went to God he ariseth from Supper and laid aside his Garments and took a Towel and girded himself after that he poureth VVater into a Bason and began to wash the Disciples Feet and to wipe them with the Towel where with he was girded So after he had washed their Feet and had taken his Garments and was sate down again he said unto them Know ye what I have done unto you Ye call me Master Lord and ye say well for so I am If then I your Lord and Master have washed your Feet ye also ought to wash one another's Feet for I have given you Example that ye should do as I have done unto you For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us to lay upon you no greater Burden then these Necessary Things That ye abstain from Meats offered to Idols from Blood and from things strangled and from Fornication from which if ye keep your selves ye do well Is any man sick am●ng you let him call for the Elders of the Church and let them pray over him anointing him with Oyl ARTICLE XX. Concerning the Liberty of such Christians as are come to know the Substance as to the Using or not Using of these Rites and of the Observation of Dayes THe Kingdom of God is not Meat and Drink but Righteousness and Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost Let no man therefore judge us in Meat or Drink or in Respect of an Holy Day or of the New Moon or of the Sabbath Days For if we be dead with Christ from the Rudiments of the World why as though living in the World are we subject to Ordinances Let us not touch or taste or handle which all are to perish with the Using after the Commandments and Doctrines of Men For now after we have known God or rather are known of him why should we turn again unto the Weak and Beggarly Elements or desire again to be in Bondage to observe Dayes and Months and Times and Years lest Labour have been bestowed on us in vain If one man esteem a Day above another another esteems every Day alike let every man be fully perswaded in his own Mind He that regardeth a Day regardeth it unto the Lord and he that regardeth not the Day to the Lord he doth not regard it ARTICLE XXI Concerning Swearing Fighting and Persecution IT hath bin said by them of old Thou shalt not Forswear thy self but shalt perform unto the Lord thine Oathes But Christ says unto us Swear not at all neither by Heaven for it is God's Throne nor by the Earth for it is his Footstool neither by Jerusalem for it is the City of the great King neither shalt thou swear by thy Head because thou canst not make one Hair white or black but let your Communication be Yea Yea Nay Nay for whatsoever is more then these cometh of Evil And James chargeth us Above all things not to Swear neither by Heaven neither by the Earth neither by any other Oath but let your Yea be Yea and your Nay Nay les● ye fall into Condemnation Though we walk in the Flesh we are not to war after the Flesh for the Weapons of our Warfare are not to be carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong Holds casting down Imaginations and every High Thing that exalts it self against the Knowledge of God and bringing into Captivity every Thought to the Obedience of Christ For Wars and Fightings come of the Lusts that war in the Members Therefore Christ commands Not to resist Evil but whosoever will smite on the Right Cheek to turn the other also Because Christians are Lambs among Wolves Therefore are they hated of all men for Christ's sake And all that will live Godly in Christ Jesus must suffer Persecution Such are Blessed for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven For though they have lost their Lives yet shall they save them And because they have confessed Christ before men he will also confess them before the Angels of God We ought not then to 〈◊〉 them which kill the Body but are not able ●o the kill the Soul but rather him which is able to destroy both Soul and Body into Hell ARTICLE XXII Concerning Magistracy LET every Soul be subject to the Higher Powers for there is no Power but of God the Powers that be are ordained of God VVhosoever therefore resists the Power resists the Ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves Damnation For Rulers are not a Terror to Good Works but to the Evil Wilt thou then not be afraid of the Power do that which is Good and